When Rio Grande and Southern Pacific merged, one of the first acts taken was to reopen the mothballed Modoc Line. The third eastbound Modoc train arrives at Wendel for a crew change.
Magma Arizona's weekly train is departing the SP interchange at Magma Junction for the return to Superior. The Baldwin locomotive was originally owned by the McCloud River.
The Coast Starlight passes through Bray on a clear mountain morning. The train is on time, no doubt because of the Southern Pacific business car at the rear of the train.
After it stopped hauling logs, Oregon, California & Eastern spent a few months switching out an on-line oil distributor. When a spur was built to connect this plant with Burlington Northern, OC&E ... (more)
The Coast Starlight got caught by the eclipse traffic jam. It waited in Chemult, Oregon for seven hours due to a late thruway bus stuck in traffic. In this image, the train is arriving at Emeryvil... (more)
The past and the future converge on the Capitol Corridor as a 1994 EMD motor leads a 2017 Siemens locomotive. This is the view from our room at the Hyatt House in Emeryville, a great place to wat... (more)
The first of the "Toxic Daylight" specials operated on Labor Day Weekend 1991 heads for Dunsmuir. The trains were run for public relations following the derailment at Cantara Loop earlie... (more)
Two brand new SD70Ms roll a lumber drag through the west end of Dunsmuir Yard on a perfect summer morning.
Locomotives wearing paint schemes from two different mergers are seen at the Brooklyn Yard engine servicing facility.
The Coast Starlight heads north near Mount Shasta, with four private cars on the rear of the train.
On the next to last day of its trip, the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight prepares for departure from Sacramento. Because of mechanical problems, the train would not reach Klamath Falls, Oregon for... (more)
Flying low, the eastbound Southwest Chief highballs the crossover at East Double A, Arizona on the first day of Fall 1996.
Westbound on the Newberg Branch, the Whiteson Flyer is entering Newberg, Oregon at Springbrook siding.
On a bright morning, the Rio Grande Zephyr climbs into the Rocky Mountains.
An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties rolls along the Klamath River on the Siskiyou Line.
